Railway-tie.



F. D. PIPER & B. SORRELLS.

RAILWAY TIE.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1914.

1,101,328, Patented June 23, 1914.

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FERDINAND D. PIFER AND EUGENE SORRELLS OF HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application filed February 6, 1914. Serial No. 817,082.

of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a railway tie and embodies an improvement in acomposite structure therefor.

An object of this invention is to couple and clamp opposite rails.

Another object is to retain said rails from spreading.

Another object is to allow of a device wherein said tie can be reversedand yet used as freely as theretofore.

In our invention like reference characters refer to like partsthroughout, in which,

Figure 1 is a portion of our invention assembled in operative position.Fig. 2 a sectional elevation thereof in assembled position, and, Fig. 3is a sectional view of our invention.

Our device is composed of a hollow base 1 having an approximatelyelliptical bore 2 therethrough having at the upper surface thereof agrooved recess 3 having beveled sides 4 and 5 respectively. Apertures 7extend upward from this recess. At the ends of said tie I have struck upflanges 8 and 9, their inner surfaces 10 and 11 of which are beveled toconform to the surface of an ordinary rail base. Through each of saidflanges are transverse apertures 12. Intermediate of said flanges aretwo raised tongues 13 having beveled sides 14:- A pair of rails 15 and16 is respectively mounted on said tie against the inner surfaces 10 and11 of said flanges as shown. Between said rails and upon said tie, weplace a clamping member 17, said clamping member having beveled grooves18 therein to match the beveled surfaces of said raised tongues 13, andsaid clamping member having beveled surfaces 19 and 20 respectively tomatch the inner surfaces of ordinary railway rails, said clamping memberalso having vertical apertures 21 therethrough registering with theapertures 7 in said tie. Said clamping member has also transverseapertures therethrough 22 and 23. Said clamping member is adjusted intoposition on said tie by a s dewise movement and locked into positlonagainst transverse play by means of bolts 24 the heads of which areplaced in said recesses 3 of said tie and locked in position by means ofnuts 25 and threaded onto the end thereof. The corners of said clampingmember are recessed as at 26 for the insertion of tie plates 27 whichare locked into position by means of transverse bolts 28 placed throughsaid apertures 22 and 23 respectively. Like recesses 29 are made in theedges of said flanges and tie plates 30 are set therein and locked intoposition by means of transverse bolts 31 as shown, said tie plates 27and 30 being locked to said rails by bolts 32 in the ordinary manner.This arrangement allows of the surfaces of said tie plates being flushwith the surfaces of said tie and clamping member, said recesses actingas a seat thereto against play or displacement of said tie plates.

It is our intention to place a tie such as of our construction at eachend of a pair of the ordinary 32 foot rails and one at the centerthereof, thus making them approximately 16 feet apart and filling theintermediate spaces with the ordinary common tie. Thus we have a devicethat is comparatively simple and cheap in structure, one that willrigidly clamp said rails in position, one that will not allow said railsto spread or turn over, one that can readily be reinforced by extradevices if necessary through said bore 2, one wherein the locking bolts24 will be retained in an approximately central position by the head ofsaid bolts playing on the beveled surfaces 4 and 5 of said recess 3.Again our device can be reversed and used as in its original state incase of excessive wear on one end.

We claim:

1. A tie composed of a base member, a bore through said base member, arecess in said bore, raised tongues on said base member, a clampingmember slid onto said raised tongues, locking bolts locking saidclamping member to said base member and tie plates clamping said deviceto a pair of railway rails.

2. A tie composed of a hollow base member having beveled tonguesthereupon, beveled end flanges thereto, a rail clamp having beveledrecesses therein mounted upon said tie member, apertures therethrough,and devices for locking said members together and to ordinary rails.

3. A tie composed of a base member, having raised portions therein, abeveled groove recessed through said base member, vertical aperturesleading from said groove, beveled flanges on said base member, recessesin the edges of said beveled flanges, transverse apertures through saidflanges connecting said recesses, and a clamping member having beveledgrooves therein to match said raised portions of said base member,vertical apertures therein registering with vertical apertures in saidbase member, recesses at the edges of said clamping member, transverseapertures connecting said recesses, tie plates seated in said recessesof said base member and said clamping member, transverse bolts lockingsaid tie plates and bolts mounted through said registering verticalCopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, v

apertures locking said clamping member to said base member.

4. A tie composed of a clamping member having oppositely disposedbeveled faces to match the faces of an ordinary rail, a base memberunder said clamping-member, having end flanges thereto with beveledsurfaces to match the surfaces of an ordinary rail, a

plurality of longitudinal locking devices, a v

FERDINAND D. PIFER. EUGENE SOBRELLS.

Witnesses:

H. P. CHAPPELL, B. W. GALAENAN.

Washington, D. G. s

